My teeth passed
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altivoCleaned and checked, they passed their exam this morning. ;p
Gary drove me to Park Ridge, which is quite close to his mom's house, and dropped me at the dentist. They went shopping while I was at the dentist, then we met back up for lunch. Then we left her off at her preferred supermarket and went to a nearby hobby shop to get glue and paint. Back to pick her up at the store, then help carry in the groceries for her before heading home to the farm.
Got back in time to do barn chores and put the outside critters to bed, then Gary had choir practice. When he got back from that we had leftovers for supper.
And that was a longer day than it sounds.
Three items came in the mail. One was a set of three passenger cars for the railroad. The second was an "RPO" cover, a letter mailed in Springfield, Ohio, in 1950 with the cancellation text "Transfer Clerk RMS Springfield OH." The "RMS" stands for "Railroad Mail Service" and means that the letter was carried and probably sorted by a railroad post office car. At that time and place, the train could only have been a Detroit Toledo & Ironton run, either train 1 or 2. Both were mixed freight and passenger, and carried mail. The locomotives in 1950 were 2-8-2 steam engines, as DT&I was just beginning to experiment with diesels for switching in its larger yards.
The third item was the pressure regulator for the air brush compressor. While I believe I understand how to connect and use this, some sort of instruction sheet would certainly have been appropriate. It has none. It also has female threaded connections for both input and output, which are going to require some brass couplings to adapt it to the compressor. I imagine those are readily available, just have to find them.
The passenger cars are two regular coaches and a combination REA/RPO and coach. Existing photos indicate that these are similar to those used on DT&I mixed trains 1 and 2 during the 40s.
Gary drove me to Park Ridge, which is quite close to his mom's house, and dropped me at the dentist. They went shopping while I was at the dentist, then we met back up for lunch. Then we left her off at her preferred supermarket and went to a nearby hobby shop to get glue and paint. Back to pick her up at the store, then help carry in the groceries for her before heading home to the farm.
Got back in time to do barn chores and put the outside critters to bed, then Gary had choir practice. When he got back from that we had leftovers for supper.
And that was a longer day than it sounds.
Three items came in the mail. One was a set of three passenger cars for the railroad. The second was an "RPO" cover, a letter mailed in Springfield, Ohio, in 1950 with the cancellation text "Transfer Clerk RMS Springfield OH." The "RMS" stands for "Railroad Mail Service" and means that the letter was carried and probably sorted by a railroad post office car. At that time and place, the train could only have been a Detroit Toledo & Ironton run, either train 1 or 2. Both were mixed freight and passenger, and carried mail. The locomotives in 1950 were 2-8-2 steam engines, as DT&I was just beginning to experiment with diesels for switching in its larger yards.
The third item was the pressure regulator for the air brush compressor. While I believe I understand how to connect and use this, some sort of instruction sheet would certainly have been appropriate. It has none. It also has female threaded connections for both input and output, which are going to require some brass couplings to adapt it to the compressor. I imagine those are readily available, just have to find them.
The passenger cars are two regular coaches and a combination REA/RPO and coach. Existing photos indicate that these are similar to those used on DT&I mixed trains 1 and 2 during the 40s.
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